Using Apple's G4 Cube!
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Recently I bought an Apple Power Mac G4 Cube off of eBay, complete with cinema display, speakers, mouse and keyboard. Let's see if it survived shipping and what it's capable of in 2019. Enjoy :) #Apple #G4 #Cube
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The G4 Cubes Specifications:
PowerPC G4 7400 450MHz CPU
640MB PC100 Ram (Originally 64MB)
160GB 7,200RPM Seagate IDE HDD (Originally 20GB)
ATI Rage 128 Pro 16MB Graphics
5X DVD-ROM
Music Used:
"Jellyfish in Space"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I definitely enjoyed this video
Psivewri I Think if you tried Tenfourfox for your model g4 cpu in your g4 cube web browsing should be smoother.
Sweet! Can’t wait for more videos.
Apple was very close to releasing a Super Cube. I heard that from a person who worked in RAM compatibility testing at Micron in Idaho. The engineering samples they'd been sent had one RAM slot that for some reason didn't work. How they'd test involved taking a computer apart and mounting the mainboard to a fixture so it'd be easier to swap RAM. They'd done that with the original Cubes and the engineering samples of the Super Cube. But after being sent production samples of the Super Cube, the word came to not bother with testing because Apple had decided to not put it into production. So somewhere in a Micron warehouse in Mountain Home, Idaho, there may still be some Super Cubes on a shelf, next to a box full of dismantled Cubes and Engineering Sample Super Cubes.
They never bothered to reassemble anything they'd tested, and unless a manufacturer requested (and paid for) return or certified destruction, the systems tested went into a warehouse.
Psivewri you could put tenfourfox on this and maybe make RUclips work. Or put lubuntu 16 ppc
No headphone jack? It was clearly ahead of it's time LOL
Bruno That's actually pretty funny lol
Bruno if only people would know what was coming
This comment is funny 😂😂😂
I think every Device without an Headphone jack is behind of its time because in every Single Device is enough Space to put an Headphone jack inside maybe in the near Future it wont be possible but Today it is...
Bruno
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
You’re so funny.
Too bad that your monitor stand is broken, but hey! You can buy a new one for only $999
And a mac for 4000$
R35 GAMING :P but wait there’s more! You can get a display for just $5000
@@eputra25 4k
Bruh lmao I laughed so frikkin hard milk came out of my ears
Willian Bueno maybe you could switch it out for a normal iMac for $15,000 if you want the best of it
Why do I love old PowerPC systems so much? This content is fantastic.
I prefer to only have 68,000 transistors in myyyyyyy CPUs. #justkidding
RockWell Aim Hehe. This made me chuckle. 👍 👍
It’s a mac not pc. pfsh
Gaming Embassy I love all computers with PowerPC architecture. My first PowerPC computers were Power Macintoshes from the 90s, and later in the early 2000s I got a G3 and G4. I currently don’t have any PCs or non-Apple computers with PowerPC chips, but I’d really like to buy a new Raptor Talos 2, which uses modern POWER9 PowerPC chips.
Same here. I really like the whole G3/G4/G5 era of Apple
Fun fact you could add a fan into these towards the bottom and put G4’s up to 1.8ghz and the GPU can be upgraded as it has a standard AGP slot, but the card has to be small enough to fit, limiting options. The ram also goes up to 2gb. With those upgrades, these old guys could out perform the G4 mac minis.
Cultural Memeism I vote for a video doing these upgrades.
Heres the closest thing to what I said: m.ruclips.net/video/LlCteFa6VVc/видео.html
@@aegonthedragon7303 never gonna give you up either see you after a click the link
I worked at Apple when the Cube was released. I still have mine somewhere in the garage I think. It sold out at launch and for the first 2 weeks the sales were very strong...Then it happened. It was published about the screws in the top being over torqued and cracking the top plastic (This was not the case, it was from the fill process in with the acrylic). Needless to say the WSJ did an article about it and it was deemed a "flaw" by the media. At this point we tried to fix the process but it wasn't doable. You could return your cube or get money back. It was canceled only after 3-6 months (I can't remember when we got the memo).
Crazy times.
This is true.
I had worked at Apple from '79 to '85, and was working at Sun Microsystems when the Cube came out. We were using some Macs in the documentation department where I was, and we got a couple Cubes to add to the early Macs we were also using. The "cracking" problem was clearly an issue with injection molding fill lines, but the press never really got it right. Interesting machine; one ended up coming home with me when we replaced them, and my wife used it for several more years before the iMac she's still using replaced it.
My local computer repair shop turned one of these into a tissue box.
Do they have it for sale lol
Now that's creative 😁💪
Oh my gosh that's amazing.
Jose Villegas Romero Daniel Unfortunately no
R.I.P
When a 19 year old computer has better fps than your 8 year old one
DynamiteModz are you GAMING on a nokia flip phone LMAO
Vidszy yeah
DynamiteModz hehe i’m on my gamecube
yeah a 15 year old ibook ran minecraft better than my computer
the fuck sorta PC you using 😂
Who else thought the cube was like super tiny
Yeah
Well for a pc then yeah its pretty damn small 😂
There was also I think a "mini cube" from what I remember.
*DROPS CUBE ON BED IN SLOW MOTION INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY SAYING THE NAME*
@@naxzed_it I get this reference
2:00 Linus intensifies
I acquired a G4 Cube in January, and I've upgraded it quite extensively.
I actually installed TWO SSDs: an mSATA SSD running Mac OS 9.2, and a 2.5-inch SATA SSD running Tiger in place of the optical drive. The Cube's optical drive died a while ago, and since I had several IDE-to-SATA adapters left over from earlier projects, I decided to turn my Cube into a dual-SSD machine!
I bought a great Formac Firewire external optical drive. It's only a CD-ROM drive, but due to the Firewire connection, inserted discs load almost instantly on the desktop.
I also installed a GeForce 2 MX graphics card with 32 MBs of V-RAM, and a fan (powered with a Molex double-adapter) to cool the new card more effectively.
The only component I haven't touched is the processor. I actually own a 1.2 Ghz G4 upgrade card, but it's unsupported for the Cube, and while other Cube owners I know have unsupported processor cards in their Cubes, I don't want to risk breaking my Cube's brain. I already had some hairy moments of failed booting while upgrading the Cube's hard-drive situation.
Since my main computer is a 2008 Mac Pro, Firewire 400 is far more convenient for transferring new files onto my Cube than through the Cube's slow USB 1.1 ports.
My Cube runs really well, and I use it for retro gaming and music (as the USB speakers sound amazing).
The Cube runs Mac OS 9 and earlier games flawlessly, and handles 3D games fairly well. RealMyst is pushing the Cube a bit, but RealMyst has never run well on any of my Macs (even my Mac Pro with a 1GB HD 5870 graphics card). Max Payne gets a bit juddery during gun-fights, but is still very playable.
My favourite computers are my 2008 Mac Pro, my Cube and my Lombard G3 Powerbook.
I love my Cube and had a great time upgrading it, and I'm glad you're so pleased with your own Cube. :)
I‘ve always been a fan of this computer, but I think my favorite is the iMac G4
Who didn’t know this existed
Best name ever your picture makes this comment 10 times better
We used these when I was in elementary school. We thought it was absolutely insane.
Best name ever me
"Methylated Spirits"? Is that Aussie for Isopropyl Alcohol?
Methylated spirits is stronger and should be sparingly used. Isopropyl is a mild cleaning solvent, which would have been more suitable.
Probably
Us aussies just clean everything with metho
@@rdj1672 including our guts!
Methylated means "alcohol denatured with methanol", which is easily found in the US as denatured alcohol, not to be confused with isopropyl alcohol.
That was my main computer for a few years back in the day. I almost upgraded the CPU with a sonnet upgrade later on. I think I was going to go for a 700mhz G4.
Fellow owner of a g4 cube and it's my favorite of all apples machines, also the first I used as a child
Man I love your videos so much. They are so relaxing and I love how much effort and care you put into them. Now to just find myself some methalated spirits and eucalyptus oil in Canada and I'm set.
surprised he hasn’t hit a million subs yet
No headphone jack... you needed adapters even years ago
1:22
That's what she said
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Back when they came with stands... for free
I've got a 500MHz G4 Cube I bought new in 2000. It's been sitting mostly idle since about 2006, and I thought the hard drive and CD/DVD drive were going bad. I've owned dozens of different models of Macs since 1984, but it's the one I can't bear to part with, just because it's such a classic. I just recently got it working again, planning to put an SSD in it and max out the RAM. Perfect machine for running pre-OS X software (though I put Tiger on it, too). Speakers and everything are still in good shape.
Me: “hey man I’m not feeling that well”
Psivewri: “Methylated Spirits!!!!”
Apart from the monitor not being 16:9 and the huge bezel on it, this set up still looks modern.
Wow you’re editing is amazing!, I love the camera angle! The parts where are you talk to the audience! Beautiful I’m inspired to edit my videos this way! 😍❤️
You should be able to connect a 24 inch Studio Display on it.
Back when this came out, every computer store selling Macs had one for display and there have been many case mods for it.
Amazing how much effort you put in these videos. Mad refurbish-skills, too. It really is fascinating how many of the apple designs hold up for years or even decades to come. Cheers from Germany!
It came with an Age of Empires 2! What a treasure!
A friend owned one of these around 2001. It looked supercool and minimal on her desk but she pretty much only ever used it to run MS Word and write uni essays! p.s. In 2000, 640Mb RAM was considered a huge amount. A bit like having 600Gb RAM today.
Dawg that would be like 128 gb today no pc has access to 600gb of ram ☠️
Love the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 music playing in the background
PowerPC is entertaining because of how outdated they are. Great vid! :D
Yeah, I have a powermac g4 and can’t get any web browsers even the supported ones to work via usb or disc, or find any software anywhere, but i still love it
Damn your RUclips channel is so underrated
5:58 this video is fake you used redstone to power the Mac
Okay
Mr poe I didn't know you where into this stuff
James Burfoot r/woosh
@James Burfoot You are dumb, you don't know that this was a fucking joke!
Okay, so I spent a good chunk of last night binge watching many of type videos. Loving how you restore so many old pieces of tech. And you're content is pretty clean.
Apple discontinued it after about a year saying it only sold a third of what was expected. Still 41,000 people bought one and people continue to love and mod them today.
There's a Mac World article on this.
The Cube at 10. Why Apple's Eye Catching desktop flopped.
I still want one and will have it, though many being sold either are listed as untested, broken or do not work.
I don't know if one could repair the Cube case today.
Repairing the inside is possible.
This could be considered the Father of the Mac Mini.
I wish Apple would consider making a 20 year anniversary model with modern graphics, cpu, memory etc and modern connectors and a mini cam.
Mac Studio is the 20 year anniversary lol..
I use to work for Apple I just love how the computers old and new were able to use the old MacOSs and Windows OS
I used to do PC emulation on my Cube! On a Connectix Windows emulator. Lil rough coz the Intel CPU was emulated. I should get it going again and show it. It ran DOS pretty well!
Dude keep making them! All the wAy from Cali...
mac from 2007 playing a game from the 90s without any issues
runs great (surprised picachu)
The Cube is from 2001 not 2007.
Michal Zušťák *2000
The cube came out in 2000 it was 20 years old earlier this year
this was one of my dream computers growing up. i was lucky to be able to purchase one again recently. already upgraded the CPU to a 1.4GHz 7450 G4, 1.5GB RAM, nvidia Geforce 6200, 128GB SSD. if only i could get an aftermarket superdrive but those are all long out of production. i simply love these vintage apple computers
You should have way more subscribers! Your videos are absolutely incredible!
i really agree with you there
nah they’re just okay. style over substance and relatively plain
You should’ve used TenFourFox instead of Camino. It supports more things
TenFourFox requires more RAM but he has it. Camino was a great web browser but no workey on the modern web. I have it on my Cube and it runs pretty well. Much slower than Camino tho'.
I will be saving up for one of these. There is a video that shows you how to restore the rubber on the speakers and also convert the speaker connectors to usb with soldering.
For deep scratches on PLASTICS ONLY on apple projects, I recommend using Brasso- it gives it a like new finish!
Your background music is the hold music on my phones at work lol
iMac in 2000: I well Introduce The Best Cube!
GameCube in 2000: Am I joking to You?
This was my first Apple Computer, the G4 was an amazing little Computer In it’s day till Apple moved over to Intel Processors. Years later I gifted the G4 Cube to a Deign Museum of modern Art.
I own one of these, I got it for free from a house that my mom was renting out, the person renting the house never paid their bills, so they were kicked out and left behind a mess that is straight out of my hoarder life, I can't even describe what was in the house, but I saw a G4 cube laying on the floor, I was super stoked to find one! And I took it home, and now I proudly display it on my tech collection.
You should be famous for what you do cause it is cool to see you fix old computers
AGE OF EMPIRES BOIIIISSSSS!!!!!
Nice! My co-worker just gave me her G4 Cube, I’ve not unboxed it yet to take a look. I surely wanted one back when I had my Power Mac G4. I’ll have to do some video covering what I find as I get into it,
That hair though👌
Seeing the old Apple store is truly astonishing and nostalgic
The stupid acrylic foot my 23" Cinema display was also broken when I bought it, after seeing the 100 goddamn dollar list price for a replacement, I found that the best makeshift solution is to prop it on a cheap, easel-style guitar stand from Amazon. Works surprisingly well.
It is so cool to see people still holding on their beautiful Macs, i still have very first Macintosh computer... the iMac G3 DVD SE with the original box and all accessories it came with, i also have a Power Mac G4 Cube in almost near perfect condition i purchased from eBay many years ago and a Power Mac G4 Double Mirror desktop in great condition.Thank you for the video, it was great to watch and appreciate other fellow Mac owners still enjoying their Apple relics. Peace!!!
Pretty educational imo. Would've never realized that it existed.
Bro i love yor mic so much
Folks complained about the Mac Cube running hot, which mine didn't.
It was a Mac Book Pro I had at work that actually CAUGHT ON FIRE! Imagine my surprise. Torched itself.
Those were the days!
i bought the imac g4 from ebay for $10.50, it still works perfectly
They're great for rental homes or the like if you put the TenPlusFour browser on them! Just good enough that people can use them... but not too much!
Holy shit this is crazy!!! This seems so futuristic and honestly seems ahead of it time. This literally looks like what I would assume the future of computers looks like. It’s also crazy that there was a Mac desktop and literally no one even knows about. Crazy!
I'm nowhere near an Apple user but my god I love these videos
Me too, now i want old apple PCs
Ah
I love these type of apple machines
Reminds me of my childhood
We only had Apple computers in our house (my parents still use apple)
But I Recently switched to Windows because apple is doing so much stupid stuff lately
good choice
*WhAt* *AbOuT* Linux
Great job! Please restore more computers and laptops!
Damn that thing looks good! Amazing that Apple now can not only have a fanless laptop that doesn't overheat, but it's also super powerful for something of its size!
6:15 I’d recommend giving tenfourfox a shot.
I so want this, and all of the other cool and rare Apple hardware, even that Macintosh that's MS-DOS compatible that LGR has!
If I ever find the casing of this computer, I'll either make it into a tissue box or a Mini-ITX gaming PC, maybe a Hackintosh.
this guys voice is just ASMR and its so nice
G4 cube is by far the most beautiful personal computer in my opinion.
they should have brought this design back (without the plastic around the cube) to serve as a cheaper alternative to the 2019 Mac Pro, replacing the Mac Mini. That opening mechanism is amazing, and pulling the sleeve off of the pc to get access to all of the internals is what i'd love in a sff pc.
God damn, you look and sound so polite when you talk. I fucking love it.
I have a G4 Cube aquarium with no fish in it yet. Its a big reason why I want a Mac Cube to go with it.
Hey I just found your channel, Thinkpad and Mac? Restoring old computers? Woah one more subscriber!
love the rubik's cube on the desk
I have totally restored to look like new a 500Mhz version ;) with the demo tool at start :D
I did not even knew this existed until now.
Put a fan in it anyway. There's a bracket for it under the cube, as if they knew you would need it. It will last longer if you do. Also consider a SSD. They are cheaper now, faster and cooler (temp wise) than a drive. Peace and good luck.
We have this thing in out downstairs as a internal server computer 😹👌
FYI these go for about $300-600 on ebay depending on condition and which performance version it was. But they are extremely hard to find complete and usually you only can buy the empty frames for about $80
refoaming speakers isn't too hard to do. I've purchased several sets of foam on ebay for around $10 a speaker. There's plenty of resources on how to do it. Also, using paper towels is basically using 3000 grit sandpaper on the plastic. I'd probably wipe with a cloth of some kind instead. Love your videos! I like seeing your solutions a lot.
These paper towels are very soft thankfully. I'll have to look into redoing the speaker cones. Thanks!
@@psivewri That would make an awesome video all on its own! Plus, you'll be amazed at how good those speakers still sound with a good refoaming. Good luck!
You could probably refoam the speakers if you felt like it. The cones themselves look good - it’s just the foam surrounds that have disintegrated.
I was hoping this design for the mac studio , would have been so perfect cause big doesn't need as much of cooling compared to Intel X86 chips
I definitely understand that you put a lot of work into your videos. Thank you, Nathan. And finally I know that you are from the Isle of Aussie. (:
Nobody
Not even Nathan
1:23 Apple 🍎: “That’s what she said” 😏
I'm surprised they never revived the concept after they switched to Intel. At the time they killed it, they said they might do other Cubes later on.
I guess they just don't want to repeat themselves. They made other miniature designs, like Mac Mini or Mac Pro trash can. Would be nice if they made some remastered versions of old devices one day though :)
I did like that one, A next cube would be cool too, even a shell.
1:23 d a m n t h a t s w h a t s h e s a i d.
I've been watching your vids for a year and it was after rewatching this one, on purpose, that I realized I wasn't subbed.
Well, I fixed that. Great channel, mate.
I was mildly obsessed with the G4 cube around 2009 but never got one because I didn't want to spend $150 or so on an old computer. Based on what they sell for now, I probably should have made the investment at the time.
Nice purchase; I ve always wished to get a Cube, its a beautiful piece of hardware. It looks great!!!
I have just repaired the Apple Pro Speakers I bought for my Quicksilver G4 a while ago. They came in the same conditions, with desintegrated and sticky rubber surrounds . Well, after some research I cleaned the expoiled rubber and put the unexpensive rubber surrounds I bought from Aliexpress and some Tacky glue. Like new! I keep the link if you want to buy them. I paid like $3 for a pair and they fit nicely. I took the link from another RUclips comment, btw!
I've just got my son a iMac as his first mac it's a late 2010 model As not going get him a new one as he may lose interest it's got 8gb of ram and a 500 gb hard drive got it for a price in the U.K. Comes with keybored and mouse it was only £140 keep up the good work brill video
Another awesome video 👍
I used a original i-mac and Mac G3 TO G5 Power PC in early 00's but never had the cube but I remember people getting it. Macs run great and hold up! I know use the newer I-Macs .
Much of the time you can buy speaker foam/rubber suspension replacement kits, not sure if it works with speakers like those though.The glue usually comes off with some isopropyl and some scraping, its not so hard assuming they didn't glue the housings together.
Your channel is very underrated mate, love the reviews of all these old Mac computers that I used as a child. Keep up your good work!
my mom had a regular G4 with this exact specs and I remember it as painfully slow in the end. It ran OSX Tiger.
With that accent I could picture you just being in the Harry Potter movies. "Let's match the power of Lord Voldemort, heir of Salazar Slytherin against the famous Australian Harry Pottuh!!!!!!!!!"
Adjusting for inflation from 2000. The cost would be 7,991.3 AUS Dollars... Yeah that sounds like Apple.
A year before the introduction of Intel Macs, just after Apple announced they'd be coming, Mac Cubes were being sold for about $279US. I used my cube as my main machine for 2+ years until the Macbook Pro prices fell like a rock. Incidentally, my work machine caught on fire (Macbook Pro 1,1) shortly after I left! The new patron of the machine sent me pictures.
I have 3 cubes and a 23" , 20" and 15" monitors. Mine run OSX 10.5 without a problem. I also have a Sonnet 1.25 processor upgrade.
I was thinking of fitting an SSD.
I don't like Mac computers but that desktop looks great! Is beatiful even today.
Your content is so *high quality* good luck for the furture man !
Golly $175US was about what I paid for mine when the Intel machines came out! I used it for three years until the Intel machines got cheep cheep cheep!
It was a great computer- did a lot of circuit interfacing and design with mine.
It was a kind of nice nod to us NeXT-heads when it came out btw. At the time the NeXT Users Group, which met at Apple Campus monthly was kind of winding down and we were all commenting on what it was like to have tools that had previously been available to a very elite, industrious group, who all pretty much made >$100k per year to a more generic audience that were basically coming from all different levels of income+education levels.
This guy deserves more subscribes..Good Job.👍